Hillarys suspension of her campaign, and her omission of any release of her delegates, makes her a factor for Obama to consider for the next three months until the Democratic nomination is officially and finally his. Absent an actual statement to her delegates urging them to vote for Obama on the first ballot, Hillarys candidacy cannot be said to have ended.

Rather, the former first lady will be slowly circling overhead during June, July, and August waiting for Obama to make a mistake or stumble.

Throughout the next three months, there will always be the possibility that he errs so badly that Hillary gets back into the race. Should another pastor rear his head or if one of the mythical tapes that are said to be about to emerge does, in fact, exist, Obama cannot rest secure in the nomination as long as Hillary is overhead, waiting.

Even if all of the superdelegates desert Hillary, as most will now do, she still has 1,639.5 pledged or elected delegates to call her own. While these men and women can legally vote for either candidate, regardless of the slate on which they were elected, one must assume that they are true Hillary believers, who would not have been put on her slate to begin with.

These pledged delegates mean that she is always just a step or two away from the nomination, should Obama commit a faux pas.

And there will be many opportunities for Obama to err over the next three months. With John McCain keeping up the pressure by suggesting 10 town meetings between now and the conventions, at which the two putative candidates appear side by side, a weak debate performance or a decisive McCain win in any one of them could trigger a crisis for Obama, which Hillary...

I figured that this was her strategy. He makes gaffes and stumbles all the time. She is just waiting for the ‘Big One’ to happen. Maybe she has the evidence in her vault and is just biding her time. It wouldn’t surprise me.

There is nothing that marxist could do that would shake his faithful fans from supporting him. Even if the super delegates wanted to, they couldn’t change their minds, it would be riots in the streets. They are now officially stuck with this guy.

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posted on 06/09/2008 4:42:50 PM PDT
by Defiant
(Leave it to the Dems to nominate someone so bad I may be forced to vote for McCain.)

Toe Sucker & Wife are wrong: The media suppress all of St. Barack’s gaffes; they won't allow the truth about this Marxist tool to be revealed. McLame is going to have to beat the unqualified Socialist ‘Rat convincingly.

That’s what I thought too. I understand from a political strategy standpoint Hillary could still get the nomination if certain things happen, but, can you imagine the reaction if these events happened? Would Hillary really have enough support from the Obama voters to realistically win the general election?

And, if there are tapes or other evidence hurting Obama, given Billary’s reputation in this campaign, isn’t it likely they would be blamed for leaks of damaging information?

It would have to involve an underage boy to get Obama out of the race. Anything else, from anti-Americanism, to naivete, to stumbling over his words, to leftist policies, to corruption, will either help him with the party or not hurt. Or be covered up by the media. There may be many in the party who see they are going to get slammed in November, but those people will not be able to do anything about it. And the scary fact is that for all his flaws, he could win. McCain will fight fair, of course.

Hell, Kerry almost won, and he was as bad as Jimmy Carter ever was--maybe worse. Carter didn't hold phony war crimes trials during Vietnam.

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posted on 06/09/2008 5:07:48 PM PDT
by Defiant
(Leave it to the Dems to nominate someone so bad I may be forced to vote for McCain.)

She lets Brother Messiah take the heat for 3 months; begs, borrows, or steals the nomination; then ducks for cover and rides the MSM express to the White House having NEVER YET explained her platform or answered any tough questions.

Either that or Plan C: her hired gunman takes Obamassiah out on 23 August.

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posted on 06/09/2008 5:07:56 PM PDT
by clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)

Well, as she circles overhead, she isn’t incurring any campaign expenses while Obama will most likely have to spend every penny he can get his hands on. I can’t remember there ever being a Presidential candidate who was as unvetted as this one. Who knows what remains to be uncovered? I’d say Hillary is taking a pretty smart gamble.

Hillary is done .. you can stick a fork in her. She suspended, rather than shut down her campaign, so that she can still raise money. She has a $30 million campaign debt to pay off. If Hillary had anything left to use against Obama, she would have used it.

There is nothing obama can do wrong as far as the ObamaBots are concerned. They are like those monkeys .. they cover their eyes (see no evil in obama); cover their ears (speak no evil about obama); and cover their mouths (speak no evil about obama). All this will change when he gets to the general election and has to appeal to people beyond the ObamaBots. The moderates and independents WILL CARE.

The word about Obama has been out for all to see but the MSM, who is in absolutely love with him, will bury it or over look it.

The word that he (Obama)is associated and has ties with racists (Wright) American-hating terrorist (Ayers) landlord thugs (Rezko) and support from every leftists group (i.e Code Pink) has been out and has done NOTHING to this man.

She's waiting for O'Bambino to stumble? Sitting, twiddling her thumbs and waiting? Naaaaw,that not the Arkie grifter way. There is a War Room, remember? There is the icky Ickes fella with 40 years of experience, since the so-called "Civil Rights Movement" time, experience of sowing anarchy and hatred. It's hard work time for the little mafia.

I figured that this was her strategy. He makes gaffes and stumbles all the time. She is just waiting for the Big One to happen. Maybe she has the evidence in her vault and is just biding her time. It wouldnt surprise me.

Obama might get a brain tumor like Kennedy's or something like that. Lots of things could happen.

[snip] Hillary’s weakness is an illusion. She is playing rope-a-dope with Obama. By hanging on the ropes, and taking Obama’s punches, Hillary saves her strength for the knockout punch. Rest assured, the knockout will come. No matter how many primaries Obama wins, Hillary will beat him at the convention... At the appointed time, Hillary’s media operatives will ambush Obama with allegations of corruption, immorality and extremism... She will win the nomination. The real purpose of Hillary’s rope-a-dope is to lull Republicans into complacency. In this, she has largely succeeded. [end]

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